Downing Street have slapped down the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt insisting that the Government had no plans to charge patients who missed NHS appointments. Last Thursday Mr Hunt backed the principle of fining people who...
NHS reforms see Cornwall emulate Manchester with a £2bn deal. Charlie Cooper writes in The Independent – Cornwall is set to win its own “NHS devolution” deal, which could see the county take control of...
Tory health chief Jeremy Hunt has been accused of backtracking on his pre-election pledge to recruit 5,000 GPs by 2020. He made the vow in the run-up to May 7 but last week stated the...
John Aston writes in The Independent – Guidelines on assisted suicide for doctors who may become involved in “right to die” cases will come under attack in the High court. Human rights lawyers say the...
Jenny Cockerel – writes in The Star – Doctors have accused reality TV programme The Undateables of exploiting people with disabilities for entertainment. Dr Rachel Pickering claimed the Channel 4 show, which follows people who...
The despicable, uncaring nature of the DWP, and they show their ‘true colours’ with another disgraceful incidence. Ian Johnston writes in The Independent – A man with multiple sclerosis who cannot walk or feed himself...
Emily Dugan reports in The Independent today – Stringent new immigration rules will fuel a critical shortage of nurses in Britain, “cause chaos” in hospitals and cost the NHS millions, according to the Royal College...
Charlie Cooper in The Independent highlights the disgraceful state of affairs where medics will have money thrown at them to try to rectify a problem that should never have arisen – medics may be quids...
Medical misdiagnosis is a continuing problem in the NHS; although medical technology and our understanding of the human anatomy are improving all the time, the vast number of different illnesses and injuries that doctors have...
Nick McDermott reports in The Sun – A great-grandad with dementia and Parkinson’s was left on a hospital trolley for 33 hours before he eventually died. The bungled treatment of ex-factory worker Graham Philips, 66,...
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